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. 2013 Jul 10;8:27. doi: 10.1186/1750-9378-8-27

Prevalence, incidence and risk factors for anogenital warts in Sub Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta analysis

Cecily Banura 1,✉, Florence M Mirembe 2, Jackson Orem 3, Anthony K Mbonye 4, Simon Kasasa 5, Edward K Mbidde 6
PMCID: PMC3712022  PMID: 23842471

Abstract

Introduction

The quadrivalent HPV vaccine is highly effective in primary prevention of anogenital warts (AGWs). However, there is lack of systematic review in the literature of the epidemiology of AGWs in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA).

Objective

To review the prevalence, incidence and risk factors for AGWs in SSA prior to the introduction of HPV vaccination programs.

Methods

PubMed/MEDLINE, Africa Index Medicus and HINARI websites were searched for peer reviewed English language published medical literature on AGWs from January 1, 1984 to June 30, 2012. Relevant additional references cited in published papers were also evaluated for inclusion. For inclusion, the article had to meet the following criteria (1) original studies with estimated prevalence and/or incidence rates among men and/or women (2) detailed description of the study population (3) clinical or self-reported diagnosis of AGWs (4) HPV genotyping of histologically confirmed AGWs. The final analysis included 40 studies. Data across different studies were synthesized using descriptive statistics for various subgroups of females and males by geographical area. A meta - analysis of relative risk was conducted for studies that had data reported by HIV status.

Results

The prevalence rates of clinical AGWs among sex workers and women with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or at high risk of sexually transmitted infection (STIs) range from 3.3% - 10.7% in East, 2.4% - 14.0% in Central and South, and 3.5% - 10.5% in West African regions. Among pregnant women, the prevalence rates range from 0.4% - 3.0% in East, 0.2% - 7.3% in Central and South and 2.9% in West African regions. Among men, the prevalence rates range from 3.5% - 4.5% in East, 4.8% - 6.0% in Central and South and 4.1% to 7.0% in West African regions. In all regions, the prevalence rates were significantly higher among HIV+ than HIV- women with an overall summary relative risk of 1.62 (95% CI: 143–1.82).

The incidence rates range from 1.1 – 2.7 per 100 person-years among women and 1.4 per 100 person years among men. Incidence rate was higher among HIV+ (3.0 per 100 person years) and uncircumcised men (1.7 per 100 person-years) than circumcised men (1.3 per 100 person-years).

HIV positivity was a risk factor for AGWs among both men and women. Other risk factors in women include presence of abnormal cervical cytology, co-infection with HPV 52, concurrent bacteria vaginoses and genital ulceration. Among men, other risk factors include cigarette smoking and lack of circumcision.

Conclusions

AGWs are common among selected populations particularly HIV infected men and women. However, there is need for population-based studies that will guide policies on effective prevention, treatment and control of AGWs.

Keywords: Anogenital warts, Sub Saharan Africa, HIV, HPV vaccination

Introduction

The epidemiology of AGWs in most of SSA is largely unknown since few studies have been conducted. Studies from high income countries show that the clinical burden has been increasing over the years since approximately 0.5-1.0% of adults below 50 years have AGWs [1-3].

Caused mainly by low-risk HPV type 6 and 11, AGWs affect both men and women [1]. They are highly infectious with about 65% of individuals with an infected partner developing lesions within 3 weeks [4]. The median time between infection and development of lesions is about 11–12 months among men [5,6] and about 5–6 months among women [7]. Rarely, AGWs have been associated with malignant Bushke-Lowenstein malignant tumors [8]. Their occurrence is strongly linked to HIV and weakly associated with cigarette smoking [1,4,5]. At present, the impact of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) remains unclear [5,6].

Except for Rwanda [9], most countries in SSA are yet to introduce or scale up HPV vaccination in national immunization programs. While reduction in disease burden due to HPV 16/18 may not be evident for decades, vaccination with the quadrivalent HPV vaccine should result in immediate measurable reduction in the incidence rate of AGWs. Preliminary results from the Australian national HPV vaccination program shows a significant decline in the number of cases of AGWs among the young vaccinated women and some herd-immunity effect in young unvaccinated heterosexual men [10]. This review was undertaken to assess the prevalence, incidence and risk factors for AGWs before the introduction of HPV vaccination programs in order to provide a basis for future program evaluation in SSA.

Methods

Identification and eligibility of relevant studies

PubMed/MEDLINE, Africa Index Medicus and HINARI websites were searched for peer reviewed English language published medical literature from January 1, 1984 up to June 30, 2012. The following Medical Subject Heading (MESH) and search terms were used alone or in combination “Sub Saharan Africa” AND (“anogenital warts” OR “venereal warts” OR “condylomata acuminata” OR “condylomata”) AND “risk factors”. Relevant additional references cited in published papers were also evaluated for inclusion. For inclusion, articles had to meet the following criteria (1) original studies with clear estimation of prevalence and/or incidence rates among men and/or women (2) detailed description of study population (3) clinical or self-reported diagnosis of AGWs (4) HPV genotyping of histologically confirmed AGWs. Studies focusing exclusively on case reports and commentaries were excluded.

Data extraction

From each article, the following information was extracted: first author, publication journal name and year of publication, country of study population, study sample type (population- or clinic- based), study design, mean or median age with range/inter quartile range, whenever available, sample size, prevalence and/or incidence rate overall and by HIV status, whenever available, risk factors and the overall prevalence of HIV, whenever available. For studies that included populations from different countries, data was extracted separately for each country.

Statistical analysis

Data across different studies were synthesized using descriptive statistics for different subgroups of females and males by geographical areas. A meta- analysis of relative risk was conducted for studies that had data reported by HIV status and results presented in a forest plot. In total, 40 studies (39 hospital - and 1 population-based) are included in this review.

Results

The prevalence and incidence rates of AGWs in diverse female and male hospital-based study populations in East, Central and South, and West African regions is summarized in Tables 1, 2 and 3. Overall, there is inter- and intra-region variations in rates depending on the underlying prevalence rate of HIV-1 infection, study population and age group studied. While both young and adult populations were studied, there seems to be no trend or pattern of prevalence rates by age.

Table 1.

Studies reporting prevalence of AGWs in women

Author,
 Country Study design Study population Sample size Mean or Median age
 Prevalence of AGWs2 n (%) Prevalence
 Comments
Publication year (years, range/IQR1) of HIV-1 (%)
East Africa
Kreiss et al., 1992 [11]
 Kenya
 §Cross-sectional
 Sex workers
 196
 30.2 (HIV-1+) 31.5 (HIV-1-)
 18/196 (9.2) Overall 15/145 (10.0) HIV-1+ 3/51 (6.0) HIV-1
  
  
Fonck, et al., 2000 [12]
 Kenya
 "EntryTbl_st§Cross-sectional
 Women attending STD3 clinic
 520
 26 ± 6.8 (14–49)
 31/520 (6 .0) 5/520 (1.0)a
 29.0
 Prevalence of AGWs 5% (Non pregnant women) 9% (Pregnant women) 6% (One sexual partner)
Mayaud et al., 2001 [13]
 Tanzania
 §Cross-sectional
 Pregnant women
 660
 23.4 ± 5.1 (15–44)
 20/660 (3.0)
 15.0
  
Riedner et al., 2003 [14]
 Tanzania
 §Open cohort
 Female bar workers
 600
 25.4
 39/600 (6.5) Overall 39/408 (9.6) HIV + 0/192 (0.0) HIV -
 68.0
  
Namkinga et al., 2005 [15]
 Tanzania
 §Cross-sectional
 Women presenting with complaints of genital infections
 464
  
 18/464 (3.9)
 22.0
  
Amone-P'Olak, 2005 [16]
 Uganda
 ‡Cross-sectional
 Formally abducted teenage girls in Northern Uganda
 123
 16.2 ± 2.2 (12–18)
 67/123 (54.5)a
  
  
Mbizvo et al., 2005 [17]
 Tanzania
 §Cross –sectional
 Women seeking primary health care services
 382
 26.7 ± 6.0
 8/382 (2.1)
 11.5
  
Msuya et al., 2006 [18]
 Tanzania
 §Cross-sectional
 Women seeking reproductive health care services
 382
 24.6 (14–43)
 7/382 (2.0)
 6.9
  
Riedner et al., 2006 [19]
 Tanzania
 §Serial cross-sectional
 Female bar workers
 600
 25.5 (16–39)
 5.2-10.7
 67.0
  
Aboud et al., 2008 [20]
 TanzaniaMalawi and Zambia
 §Cross-sectional
 HIV-1 positive pregnant women
 2292
 (15–49)
 195/2292 (8.5)
  
 Prevalence of AGWs Blantyre – 42/474 (8.9) Lilongwe – 61/748 (8.2) Dar es Salaam – 31/428 (7.2) Lusaka – 61/642 (9.5)
Banura et al., 2008a [21]
 Uganda
 Baseline of a prospective cohort study
 Young women attending a clinic for teenagers
 1275
 20 (12–24)
 97/1275 (7.6)
 8.6
  
Banura et al., 2008b [22]
 Uganda
 §Baseline of a prospective cohort study
 Pregnant women Attending ANC5
 987
 19 (14–24)
 61/987 (6.2)
 7.3
  
Urassa et al., 2008 [23]
 Tanzania
 §Cross-sectional
 Youth attending an STI4 clinic
 214
 20.2 (Females) (13–24) 21.5 (Males) (11–24)
 7/214 (3.3)
 15.3
 HIV −1 prevalence in Males – 7.5%
Grijsen et al., 2008 [24]
 Kenya
 §Baseline of a prospective cohort study
 Women at risk for HIV-infection
 361
 27 (23–32)
 8/361 (2.4)
 32.0
  
Msuya et al., 2009 [18]
 Tanzania
 §Cross-sectional
 Pregnant women
 2655
 24.6 (14–43)
 11/2555 (0.4) Overall 2/184 (1.1) HIV + 9/2470 (0.4) HIV -
 6.9
  
Mapingure, et al., 2000 [25]
 Tanzania
 §Cross-sectional
 Pregnant women
 2654
 24.6
 34/2654 (1.3) 48/2654 (1.8)b
 6.9
  
Central and South Africa
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Latif et al., 1984 [26]
 Zimbabwe
 §Cross-sectional
 Pregnant women attending STD clinic
 175
 22.3
 23/175 (13.7)
  
  
Mason et al., 1990 [27]
 Zimbabwe
 §Cross-sectional
 Women attending STD clinic
 100
 (15–45)
 14/100 (14.0) 1/59 (1.7)a
  
  
Kristensen 1990 [28]
 Malawi
 §Cross sectional
 Adult women with symptoms of STIs
 16,218
 26.8 ± 7.5
 32/16,218 (0.2)
 62.4
  
Nzila et al., 1991 [29]
 Democratic Republic of Congo
 §Cross-sectional
 Female sex workers
 1233
  
 30/1233 (2.4) Overall 21/431 (5.0) HIV + 8/802 (1.0) HIV-
 35.0
  
Le Bacq et al., 1993 [30]
 Zimbabwe
 §Cross-sectional
 New STD clinic attendees
 146
  
 19/146 (13.0)
 69.0
  
Maher et al., 1995 [31]
 Malawi
 §Cross-sectional
 Female patients in general medical care
 61
 31 (16–65)
 6/61 (9.8)
  
  
Taha et al., 1998 [32]
 Malawi
 §Serial cross-sectional surveys
 Pregnant women
 1990 – 6603 HIV + 1502 HIV- 5101 1993 – 2161 HIV + 694 HIV- 1457 1995 – 808 HIV + 808 HIV- 701
  
 1990 1993 1995 Overall 4.8 3.1 2.5 HIV + 8.3 6.3 2.7 HIV- 2.2 1.7 1.0
 23.0 (1990) 30.1 (1993) 32.6 (1995)
  
Klaskala et al., 2005 [33]
 Zambia
 §Cross-sectional
 Pregnant women
 3160
 25 ± 5.3 (14–43)
 203/3160 (6.2)
  
  
Mbizvo et al., 2005 [17]
 Zimbabwe
 §Cross –sectional
 Women recruited from primary health care centers
 386
 26.5 ± 6.8
 13/386 (3.4)
 29.3
  
Kurewa et al., 2010 [34]
 Zimbabwe
 §Cross-sectional
 Pregnant women
 691
 24.2 ± 5.1
 48/691 (7.0) 50 /691 (7.3)a
 25.6
  
Mapingure et al., 2010 [26]
 Zimbabwe
 §Cross-sectional
 Pregnant women
 691
 24.2 ± 5.1
 50/691 (7.3) 33/691 (4.8)b
 25.6
  
Menendez et al., 2010 [35]
 Mozambique
 §Cross- sectional
 Women attending ANC and FP6 clinics and community
 262
 (14–61)
 13/262 (5.0)
 12.0
 Prevalence of HIV-1 21.0% among FP clinic attendees
West Africa
Oni et al., 1994 [36]
 Nigeria
 §Cross-sectional
 STD clinic attendees
 116
  
 12/116 (10.5)
  
  
Ghys et al., 1995 [37]
 Ivory Cost
 §Cross sectional
 Female sexual workers
 1209
  
 105/1209 (8.7) Overall 79/567 (14.0) HIV + 26/642 (4.0) HIV -
 80.0
  
Meda et al., 1997 [38]
 Burkina Faso
 §Cross – sectional
 Women attending ANC
 645
 25.3 ± 2.9 (15–41)
 19/645 (2.9)
  
  
Okesola et al., 2000 [39]
 Nigeria
 §Cross-sectional
 Patients attending an STD clinic
 861
 (17–74)
 68/861 (8.0)
  
  
Bakare et al., 2002 [40]
 Nigeria
 §Cross-sectional
 CSWs7 and women without symptoms of STIs
  
  
 6.5 36.4c
 34.3
  
Domfeh et al., 2008 [41]
 Ghana
 §Cross-sectional
 Women attending gynecological clinic
 75
 33.3 ± 9.2 (19–57)
 4/75 (5.3)a
  
  
Sagay et al., 2009 [42]
 Nigeria
 §Cross-sectional
 Female sex workers
 374
 27.8 ± 6.7 (16–63)
 17/374 (4.5)
  
 Prevalence of AGWs 5/81 (6.1%) Lemon users 12/293 (4.1%) Non Lemon users
Jombo et al., 2009 [43]
 Nigeria
 §Cross- sectional
 Patients with genital ulcer disease
 699
  
 369/699 (52.8) Overall 285/506 (56.4) HIV + 84/193 (43.6) HIV –
  
 Prevalence Males: 13/329 (2.6%) Females: 8/177 (1.6%)
Low et al., 2011 [44] Burkina Faso §Baseline of Prospective cohort CSWs and other women with high-risk sexual behaviors 765 28 (15–54) 27/765 (3.5) Overall 19/273 (7.0) HIV −1 + 8/492 (1.6) HIV - 34.9 HIV-1 0.7 HIV-1 &2 No prevalent AGWs among women on HAART
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a self-reported prevalence; b self-reported prevalence for the last 12 months; c self-reported prevalence among commercial sexual workers; 1Inter quartile range; 2Anogenital warts; 3Sexually transmitted disease; 4Sexually transmitted infection; 5Antenatal care; 6Family planning; 7Commercial sexual workers; § hospital-based study; ‡ Teenagers in an institution.

Table 2.

Studies reporting AGWs in men

Author, year Country Study design Study population Sample
 Mean or Median age
 Prevalence of AGWs2 (%) Prevalence of HIV-1% Comments
size (years, range/IQR1)
East Africa
Grijsen et al., 2008 [24]
 Kenya
 §Baseline of a prospective cohort study
 Men at high-risk for HIV infection
 536
 27 (24–33)
 9/500 (1.8)
 21.0
  
Smith et al., 2010 [45]
 Kenya
 §Baseline of RCT3 on male circumcision
 HIV negative sexually active men
 2168
 20 (19–28)
 12/2168 (0.6) Overall 10/1089 (0.9) HIV + 2/1079 ( 0.2) HIV-
  
  
Tobian et al., 2012 [46]
 Uganda
 †Cross-sectional
 Heterosexual men
 1399
 15-49
 23/1399 (1.6)a Overall 16/421 (3.8)a HIV + 7/978 (0.7)a HIV –
  
  
Central and South Africa
Le Bacq et al., 1993 [31]
 Zimbabwe
 §Cross-sectional
 New STD clinic attendees
 319
  
 39/319 (12.2)
 61.0
  
Maher et al. 1995 [32]
 Malawi
 §Cross-sectional
 In-patient male patients in general medical care
 62
 39 (20–90)
 3/62 (4.8)
  
  
Machekano et al., 2000 [47]
 Zimbabwe
 §Baseline of prospective cohort study
 Male factory workers who reported symptoms of STDs
 374
  
 22/374 (6.0)
 20
  
Müller et al., 2010 [48]
 South Africa
 §Cross-sectional
 Heterosexual men attending sexual health services
 214
 29.8 ± 7.5
 108/214 (50.5)
 49.5
  
West Africa
Okesola et al., 2000 [40]
 Nigeria
 §Cross-sectional
 STD2 clinic attendees
 1,373
 17-74
 4.1
  
  
Wade et al., 2005 [49] Senegal §Cross sectional Men who have sex with men 463 18-52 13/463 (2.8) 18.1 21.5% Overall 0.5% HIV-2 2 2.9% HIV-1 & HIV-
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a Self-reported prevalence.

1Inter Quartile Range.

2Commercial sexual workers.

3Randomized Controlled Trial.

§hospital-based study.

†Population-based study.

Table 3.

Studies reporting incidence rates of AGWs in men and women

Author, year Country Study design Study population
 Sample
 Mean or
 Incidence rate/1002
 HIV −1
 Comments
and site size median age
 person-years of
 prevalence%
(years, range) AGWs2
East Africa
Lavreys et al., 1999 [50]
 Kenya
 Prospective cohort
 HIV negative truck drivers in Mombasa
 746
 26a (17–58) 29b (16–62)
 1.4 overall 1.7 Uncircumcised 1.3 Circumcised
  
 Annual incidence of HIV-1 – 3.0%
West Africa
Ozumba et al., 1991 [51]
 Nigeria
 Retrospective cohort (1976–85)
 Female STD1 clinic attendees
 45
 21 ( 5–36)
 2.7 (range:1.6 – 3.6)
  
 AGWs incidence highest among teenagers and students
Low et al., 2011 [44] Burkina Faso Prospective cohort Female sex workers and other women at high risk 765 28 (15–54) 1.1 HIV - 34.9 HIV- 1 & HIV-2 prevalence 0.7%
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a uncircumcised men.

b circumcised men.

1Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

2Anogenital warts.

Prevalence rates among women by geographical region

The prevalence rates among women in East, Central and South, and West African regions are summarized in Tables 1. The prevalence rates of clinical AGWs among sex workers and women with STDs or at high risk for other STIs range from 3.3% - 10.7% in East, 2.4% - 14.0% in Central and South, and 3.5% - 10.5% in West African regions. Among pregnant women, the prevalence rates range from 0.4% - 3.0% in East, 0.2% - 7.3% in Central and South and 2.9% (single study) in West African regions.

Prevalence rates of AGWs among men by geographical region

Eight (8) studies (3 East Africa, 2 Central and South Africa, 3 West Africa) reported prevalence rates of AGWs in men (Table 2). The prevalence rate among STD clinic attendees, men who have sex with men, and men with symptoms of STDs in Central and South and West African region range from 4.8% - 12.2% and 2.8% - 4.1%, respectively. The rates among men in the East African region range from 0.6 -1.8 percent.

Prevalence rates by HIV status

The prevalence rates of AGWs were significantly higher among HIV+ than HIV- women in all regions with an overall summary relative risk of 1.62 (95% CI: 1.43–1.82) (Figure 1). Similarly among men, clinical and self -reported prevalence rates were higher among HIV+ than HIV- men (Table 2).

Figure 1.

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Relative Risk of AGWs among women with known HIV sero status.

Incidence rates of AGWs among men and women

Only 3 studies (2 among females and 1 among males) reported incidence rates of AGWs (Table 3). The incidence rates range from 1.1 – 2.7 per 100 person-years among women and 1.4 per 100 person years among men. The incidence rate was higher among uncircumcised (1.7 per 100 person-years) than circumcised men (1.3 per 100 person-years) [44].

HPV 6 and/or 11 in AGWs

Only 3 studies reported the prevalence of HPV 6 and/or 11 in biopsy specimens or swabs taken from AGWs. HPV 11 was detected in 100% vulval-vaginal wart specimens obtained from 9 prepubescent South African girls [52]. HPV 6 and/or 11 was detected in 96.3% of 108 genital swabs taken from heterosexual men with AGWs attending sexual health clinics in South Africa [48]. Among 74 specimens taken from penile warts of HIV+ men in South Africa, HPV 6 was detected in 42.5%, HPV 11 in 32.9% and HPV 6/11 in 68.5% [53].

Risk factors for AGWs

Only 2 studies (one among women and another among men) reported on risk factors for AGWs. Among women, the risk of prevalent AGWs was 5 times higher among HIV-1+ than HIV-1- women and 3 times higher among women who smoked cigarettes than those who did not. Among HIV-1+ women with low CD4+ count (≤ 200 cells/μL), the risk of incident AGWs was elevated 20 fold, and 6fold for women with CD4+ count >200 cells/μL. Other risk factors for incident AGWs in women include detection of HPV 6, concurrent bacterial vaginoses, genital ulceration, presence of abnormal cervical cytology and the detection of cervical HPV 52 [44]. Lack of circumcision and HIV infection were risk factors for AGWs in men [45].

Discussion

To the best of our knowledge this is the first systematic review of the epidemiology of AGWs in SSA. The literature suggests that AGWs are prevalent among both men and women populations seeking care in their respective health care systems. The fewer studies among men is not surprising given that women generally have more frequent contact with the health care system than men. Although there is no marked difference between regions, absence of a standardized protocol for diagnosis might have contributed to the observed variations across studies within the same region. Overall, the prevalence rates were higher than those reported from retrospective administrative databases or medical chart reviews in high income countries possibly because of underlying HIV infection in several studies [54].

Consistent with published studies, the risk for AGWs was higher for HIV+ than HIV- men and women [55]. HIV+ women had almost 2 fold risk for HPV infection than HIV-women. While some AGWs may have been a result of new infections, recrudescence of existing HPV infection has been reported among sexually inactive HIV+ women [56]. Impaired CD4+ T-lymphocyte response and other forms of immune dysfunction may be responsible for altering the natural history of HPV infection among HIV infected individuals [57]. The use of highly active anti-retroviral therapy has been shown to reduce the risk of opportunistic malignancies such as Kaposi sarcoma among HIV+ individuals [58], however, their impact on AGWs remains unclear [55,57,59]. On the other hand consistent use of male condoms appears to reduce the risk by 60-70% [60].

Consistent with other studies, HPV 6 and 11 alone or in combination were detected in the few studies that examined HPV genotypes in AGWs specimens albeit small sample sizes. However, the contribution of HPV 11 to the development of AGWs remains unclear [4,7]. The concurrent detection of HPV 52 with HPV 6 was not surprising as co-infection with high risk HPV types has been reported in 20-50% of AGWs [61,62].

In the absence of a clinical test to establish sub clinical HPV 6 and 11 infections, identification of risk factors for acquisition of AGWs independent of other STDs is complex. Consistent with other studies, low CD4+ cell count (≤ 200 cells/μL) and abnormal cervical and anal dysplasias are risk factors for AGWs in HIV+ women and men, respectively [63,64]. Other risk factors for AGWs in women identified in this review included co-infection with HPV 52, and concurrent bacteria vaginoses [65]. In men, anal HPV infection and related dysplasias [39] and lack of circumcision [45] were additional risk factors.

Although AGWs are not life threatening, they cause significant psychological distress and are refractory to conventional therapies, hence the need for prevention [4,66]. The quadrivalent HPV vaccine, correct and consistent condom use and limiting the number of sexual partners are some of the prevention options available to reduce the risk of contracting AGWs.

It is important to note that there are limitations to this study. This review focused only on peer reviewed English language articles published from a few SSA countries, which limits generalization of the findings. Secondly, most studies were conducted in hospital-based study populations, which would favor higher rates than in the general population. Thirdly, the rates should be interpreted with caution because of the differences in study populations and age group studied. While some studies included all adults [31,39], others focused on narrow age ranges of specific populations like young people and pregnant women [23,25] that could have resulted in the observed high rates. Nevertheless, the review provides vital baseline data against which the impact of HPV vaccination could be evaluated in future.

Conclusions

AGWs are common among selected populations particularly HIV+ men and women. However, there is need for population-based studies on AGWs that will guide policies on effective prevention, treatment and control services.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors’ contributions

CB conceived the study, searched the literature, drafted the manuscript and produced the final tables FMM, JO, AKB, SK, EKM made substantial contributions to the manuscript and contributed to data interpretation. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Contributor Information

Cecily Banura, Email: cbanura@chdc.mak.ac.ug.

Florence M Mirembe, Email: flormir2002@yahoo.com.

Jackson Orem, Email: JOrem@mucwru.or.ug.

Anthony K Mbonye, Email: akmbonye@yahoo.com.

Simon Kasasa, Email: skasasa@musph.ac.ug.

Edward K Mbidde, Email: ekmbidde@uvri.go.ug.

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